tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post5095876461599058484..comments2024-02-09T05:29:30.090-06:00Comments on Paralyzed with JOY!: Paula's PastHeather (Paralyzed with JOY!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04619560036712321777noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post-36453530551492458462013-07-04T05:06:36.377-05:002013-07-04T05:06:36.377-05:00I don't think she should be judged with someth...I don't think she should be judged with something she said 20 years ago. People change, in some point in our life we have said something we don't mean now. thanks for creating this awareness<br /><a href="http://www.delightfulideas.com/" rel="nofollow">Delightful Ideas</a><br /><a href="http://www.delightfulideas.com/2013/06/no-bake-cake-pops-review-and-giveaway.html" rel="nofollow">No Bake Caek Pops Giveaway</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09538987751258233934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post-33015344319499988792013-07-03T10:05:42.796-05:002013-07-03T10:05:42.796-05:00I hadn't heard all this about Paula and her br...I hadn't heard all this about Paula and her brother and the way they treated the black employees. If it's true (which sounds very plausible), then I agree that she's reaping what she's sown and deserves the fallout of losing book deals and the revenue from companies that are no longer carrying her products. It's unfortunate that there are still racist/bigoted people in this day and age… we should be passed this by now!Heather (Paralyzed with JOY!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04619560036712321777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post-45832355737471283962013-07-03T04:44:04.509-05:002013-07-03T04:44:04.509-05:00She and her brother are also accused of mistreatin...She and her brother are also accused of mistreating black employees. Black employees could only use the back entrances to the restaurant, were not allowed to work the front of the restaurant where they would be seen and the brother used racial slurs all the time. I was shocked to find that it is actually a white women who started the suit. While I feel that she should be forgiven, I also feel that she's reaping what she's sown. I remember watching this detective show called Beretta as a child and I love singing the song it came on to, my favorite line of that song is appropriate I feel for this situation. "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, don't do it, no, no, no." Her gig is up and she now has to endure the outcome of something she should not have done or tolerated from others in her business, including family. Clarindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997250262653197102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post-42429619658061062742013-07-03T01:12:44.676-05:002013-07-03T01:12:44.676-05:00I wish we knew the whole story with Paula, and not...I wish we knew the whole story with Paula, and not just the small, incomplete part of it that is floating around the news right now. Paula could be completely lovely and guilty of only using the N-word/racial slurs decades ago, or she could be really racist and have problems with discrimination/prejudice against African-American people and other minorities. I can really see it going the other way, or falling somewhere in the middle of those two extremes. I guess the bottom line is that I hope she uses this as a learning experience and changes her ways where she needs toHeather (Paralyzed with JOY!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04619560036712321777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post-5361890123314595642013-07-02T23:44:21.802-05:002013-07-02T23:44:21.802-05:00Hey Heather -- I think that you hit the nail on th...Hey Heather -- I think that you hit the nail on the head when you said: "I suppose she may have used racial slurs and derogatory comments more recently than that, but is denying it in order to save face since pretty much everyone knows that using the N-word/racial slurs is wrong." Although the focus has been on her use of the N-word, there is a lot of evidence that she has used slurs/prejudice/preference in her businesses for many years, even up to the most recent. I wonder if her PR team is focusing SO much on the "N-word" stuff so they can convince people, like those folks on FB posting the graphics that you posted, that this was an issue "20 or more years ago." It wasn't. I feel bad for her. I feel sad that she seems to harbor many racist behaviors.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11056449239556728301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036382249066802924.post-50912050478718187402013-07-02T23:08:09.066-05:002013-07-02T23:08:09.066-05:00I like your take on the Paula Dean story! I agree...I like your take on the Paula Dean story! I agree that if she said something that long ago it should not be held against her. People change. The Paula Dean of 20 years ago, may not be the Paula Dean of today.<br /><br />http://agutandabutt.blogspot.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149186891188677587noreply@blogger.com